Buckle



(NO ModelL) .F E. RANDALL;

BUCKLE.

Patented May 25, 1886.

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NITED STATES PATENT Fries.

FREDERICK E. RANDALL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,537, dated May25,1886.

Application filed March 17,1886. Serial No. 195,486. (No model.)

To aZl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK E. RAN- DALL, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Lever-Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lever-buckles of that class generally used forsuspenders; and it consists of a plate or frame provided with a hook toreceive the ring to which the diverging button-straps of the suspendersare attached, and a lever pivoted to said frame and serrated at one edgeto engage the webbing of thesuspenders.

The invention has for its object to improve the construction of bucklesof this class with respect to smoothness of exterior and absence ofprojecting edges or angles. and to this end it consists in theimprovements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Ofthe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a view of the flat plate composing the frame beforethe operation of bending it into its final shape. the completed frame.Fig. 3 represents a section on line 00 :20, Fig. 2. Fig 4 represents anedge view of the frame. Fig. 5 represents a view of the lever beforeitis bent or formed. Fig. 6 represents a perspective view of the leverafter it is formed. Fig. 7 represents an edge View, and Fig. 8 aperspective view of the completed buckle.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

the buckle, and 1) represents the lever thereof, said parts beingconstructed as usual with respect to their operative relation to eachother. The blank or plate from which the frame is made (shown in Fig. 1)is provided with two projections or ears, 2 2, which, after the plate isbent to form the inwardly-proj cting ears or flanges 5 5, to which thelever b is usually pivoted; are bent under said ears to form eyes 2 2,which are entirely under the flanges 5 5, and at the ends of saidflanges, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The blank or plate from which thelever is made (seen in Fig. 5) is provided at its ends with slotted ears6 6, which, when said plate is bent to form the lever, are on thegrasping arm or portion of the lever, and are slightly set back from theplane of said grasping-arm, as shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 2 represents a side view of The lever and frame are pivotallyconnected by passing the eyes 2 2 of the frame through the slotted ears6 6- of the lever, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, simple and durable hingesor joints being thus provided, which are almost entirely concealed bythe flanges 5 5. The eyes 2 2' are bent entirely under the ends of theflanges 5 5, so that said flanges present smooth uninterrupted outersurfaces, and therefore the buckle presents a neater appearance thanwould be the caseif the flanges were partly cut away to form the hingesor joints. The smoothness of the-exposed surfaces of the flanges 5 5prevents any liability of their catching or tearing the clothing, aswill be readily seen.

The ears 6 6 are slightly offset backwardly from the portion of thelever on which they are formed, as above described, so that in thecompleted buckle the outer surface of the grasping portion of the leveris flush with the ends of the flanges 5. on which the eyes 2 are formed,so that there are no projecting edges or angles either on the flanges 55 or on the lever to tear and injure the clothing.

In a lever-buckle, the frame having the inwardly-bent flanges 5 5.substantially parallel with the flat portion or plate of the frame, andthe projections or ears formed on the ends of said flanges and bentunder the same to form eyes 2 2 between said flanges and the flat mainportion of the frame, combined with the leverlocated between saidflanges,and provided with slotted ears 6 6, projecting from the ends ofthe grasping arm or portion of said lever, and having slots whichreceive the eyes 2 2, said slotted ears being slightly set back from theplane of the grasping-arm of the buckle, so that when said ears areengaged with the eyes 2 2' the ears are entirely under the flanges 5 5,and the grasping-arm of the lever is in line with the ends of theflanges 5 5 on which said eyes are formed, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 9th day of March, 1886.

rnnnnnick E. RANDALL.

Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN, H. O. WILLEY.

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